The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-07-09

Keep cool and vote against the pro
posed water issue.
Only two prisoners are confined in the
Monroe county Jail.
Those who worship at the shrine ei
Tulip soap arise purified.
--Pimkeye and epizoty prevail amongst
horses in Luzerne county.
The Lutheran Sunday school will pic.
mic at'the Glen on the 14th.
-Lehigh county contains three hundred
and eighty-nine square miles.
The Polish Catholic church at Free
land will be dedicated Sunday.
The dog days commence Sunday and
continue forty-two days August 20.
Billy Adams excursion from Allen
town to Glen Onoko comes off on August
! Goth.
"A passenger train leayes the L. V. de-
pot at 1:15 p. NJ. every day for Glen
Onoko.
"A tramp who stole box of Tulip soap
concealed his identity by washing himself
with cake of it.
John Ketchledge,s prominent Strouds-
burg man, has been arrested on the charge
Of embezzlement.
William Dennies, trackwalker, resid-
ing at Plymouth was struck by lightning
Wednesday and killed.
-WeatherlY will have silk mill. $685.
900 has been subscribed. This is pointer
for the Lehighton Board of Trade.
-Four miners were seriously injured by
an explosion of fire-damp in the Diamond
Colliery, near Wilkesbarre, on Wednesday.
Bethlehem has fire engine built dur
ing the reign of William aud Mary, 1868.
The engine was shipped from London in
1742
On the Fourth of July about one thous-
and plates of ice cream were disposed of at
Hauk's popular ice cream saloen on Bank
street.
"A beautiful night blooming cerius at
the residence of 4. ID. Clauss attracted
much attention from passers-by on Tuesday
evening
The strong point in which the "Dayis'
has fought, ard won, SO many battles, is the
'Vertical Feed"-an improvement used on
no other sewing machine.
Tive tramps jumped off a rapidly NOV
ing coal train near the L. V. r. r., depot
Saturday evening and eteved severe in
juries about their heads and limbs.
I'm the k. of l.. parade Monday horse
driven by one of the participants, jumped
or the left foot of Frank Caffrey, leader of
the band, causing painful injury.
If your watch or clock don't run cor
rectly, take 1t to Hagaman, on Bank street,
and if it then fails to keep time he win
make no charge. March 26-6m@
-ReY. o. II. Cook, former pastor. is ex-
pccted to preach in the NJ. L. church on
next Sabbath. The time Of the evening
service will be changed from I 80 to @ 80
for few weeks.
For two days ending on the 2nd inst.
there were 1884 tons of coal shipped over
the l.. q S. R.R., total to date of 2, ,4O4. .535
tons, showing an increase as compared with
same date last year of 141, ,S95 tons.
The game law has been amended, and
the bill signed by the Governor, prohibit
ing the killing of quail or Virginia partridge
between December 18th and October 18th.
provides penalty of $40 for every violation
of the act.
The attention of the people sf Summit
Hill, Lansford and vicinity is directed to
the fact that George f. Huntzinger, of The
popular Switchback Restaurant, is author
lied by us to receive subscriptions and
moneys for the CARBON ADVOCATE.
Wow is the time for CuEAP WALL
PAPER as we are offering over half of our
entire stock of Wall Paper and Borders at
one-half and some less than half the usual
price. Do not miss this offer. f F. Luck
ENBAcH, 81 Broadway, Mauch Chunk.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
has begun with a special engine just built
to make some important tests under the in
spection of Professor Kline, of Lehigh Uni
versity. These tests will include measure
ments of steam, water and coal per mile,
and are undertaken with view to learning
the most effective service in locomotives
with the most economical methods.
--About forty members of the Demo-
cratic County Convention assembled in the
Court House at Mauch Chunk, Saturday,
and elected as delegates to the State
Convention Messrs. Joseph Fisher, j. G.
Zern and Michael McHugh. A resolution
endorsing the candidacy of Hon. W. NJ.
Rapsher for the Supreme Judgslrip was
unanimously adopted. The meeting was
very enthusiastically conducted.
The cigarmakers and tailors OF town
will play game of base ball on the old fair
grounds Monday afternoon-game to com
menee at three o'clock sharp. The tailors
will "buttonhole" the cigarman when they
run the 'basA-ttingp' and ''press"
them with their knowledge of the game by
giving them occasional goose" eggs, the
cigarmen will retalate by wrapping" the
ball all over the field, concluding the game
by boxing up the tailers. Don't miss il,
Mans life, from infancy to tottering
age, is one continued struggle with hives.
wind-colic, mumps, chicken pox, measles.
scarletina, ,whoeping cough, gumboils, ,corns,
baseball, headache, earbuncles, chilblains,
bile, toothache, rheumatism, ,currant worms,
Gout, potato bugs, dead beats, wesyll, ,frow-
sy butter, cigarettes and small pox. He
hghteth them at every turn, and invariably
hnds some comfort in hiring his teams of
David Ebbert, the popular North street
liyerYman.
The Hackensack, N. j.. weather
prophet, forecasts the month Of July as
follows; 9th, 10th and 1lth, cool, pleasant
weather; 18th and 18th, warm and foggy;
l4th ard 10Th, partly cloudy, with thunder
showers; 10th, partly cloudy and pleasant;
from the nth to the 2lst will be the hottest
period of the month. with frequent thunder
showers, eliminating nm tha 0Od vrith n